http://standsalone.org/blog/2007/01/18/il-smoking-ban/ You've Got Some Free Time, Huh? Tue, 22 May 2012 06:28:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://standsalone.org/blog/2007/01/18/il-smoking-ban/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Diana Nelson Fri, 30 Mar 2007 05:14:35 +0000 http://www.standsalone.org/blog/2007/01/18/il-smoking-ban/#comment-107 In my local news report I heard and read on the internet that the ban is not STATE WIDE because they excused motels and nursing homes. Oh ok lets kill all those travelers and old people FIRST! Yeah lets get them out of the way. Then we will move on to the kids and the middle age people. I worked in the hotel industry for awile, our establishment DID NOT allow any smoking in the Resturant, Pool Area, or walkways. That was the choice of the company and I as a smoker thought that was a great thing. BUT when someone smoked in their room it was double the work with same pay to clean it. How are you gonna get all those people out of a burning building when they are disoreinted in a strange place and don't know which way to turn? I myself was SO glad that I never had to witness something like that. There was ALOT of travelers who out of CONSIDERATION for their roommate(s) and others next to them DID take their smoking outside. By the way -it was a travelers decision to stay at that hotel nobody twisted their arms even though there were other hotels nearby. And yes given within a respectable time frame those who were not satisfied were given a refund and directed to another hotel. THAT WAS THEIR CHOICE!! Now about the Nursing Homes, them folks are now living in a hotel too by choice or by family that is not our call. But it is up to us to make sure that their last days on this earth are not because someone in the state senate said it was ok to SMOKE in an enviroment that is laced with chemcials, oxygen, and flammable materials (outer garments them folks wear). My g-gma was a smoker and when she went to a nursing home she had a hard time a first, then she learned to adapt. Because there was no smoking, she died at the age of 98. Not because of her smoking but because of OLD AGE. There was 5 generations in our family before she died. I won't go into the kids or the middle age people right now maybe later. BUT I do have this to say WE ALL HAVE A CHOICE! Rather it be McDs, mom & pop shop on the corner, or your local nursing home IT SHOULD BE THEIR DECISION. Thank You. In my local news report I heard and read on the internet that the ban is not STATE WIDE because they excused motels and nursing homes. Oh ok lets kill all those travelers and old people FIRST! Yeah lets get them out of the way. Then we will move on to the kids and the middle age people. I worked in the hotel industry for awile, our establishment DID NOT allow any smoking in the Resturant, Pool Area, or walkways. That was the choice of the company and I as a smoker thought that was a great thing. BUT when someone smoked in their room it was double the work with same pay to clean it. How are you gonna get all those people out of a burning building when they are disoreinted in a strange place and don’t know which way to turn? I myself was SO glad that I never had to witness something like that. There was ALOT of travelers who out of CONSIDERATION for their roommate(s) and others next to them DID take their smoking outside. By the way -it was a travelers decision to stay at that hotel nobody twisted their arms even though there were other hotels nearby. And yes given within a respectable time frame those who were not satisfied were given a refund and directed to another hotel. THAT WAS THEIR CHOICE!!
Now about the Nursing Homes, them folks are now living in a hotel too by choice or by family that is not our call. But it is up to us to make sure that their last days on this earth are not because someone in the state senate said it was ok to SMOKE in an enviroment that is laced with chemcials, oxygen, and flammable materials (outer garments them folks wear). My g-gma was a smoker and when she went to a nursing home she had a hard time a first, then she learned to adapt. Because there was no smoking, she died at the age of 98. Not because of her smoking but because of OLD AGE. There was 5 generations in our family before she died.
I won’t go into the kids or the middle age people right now maybe later.
BUT I do have this to say WE ALL HAVE A CHOICE!
Rather it be McDs, mom & pop shop on the corner, or your local nursing home IT SHOULD BE THEIR DECISION. Thank You.

]]> http://standsalone.org/blog/2007/01/18/il-smoking-ban/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Andrew Fri, 19 Jan 2007 06:04:36 +0000 http://www.standsalone.org/blog/2007/01/18/il-smoking-ban/#comment-14 I think you're funny I think you’re funny

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